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Fantasia in G Major (Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach (trans. Richard Franko Goldman and Robert L. Leist)
This work bears the designation BWV 572, Gravement.
Contents
General Info
Year: 1703-7 / 1960 / 2012
Duration: c. 6:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Organ
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $9.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet S-I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarint
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II
Bb Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
2nd Cornet. 11 meas. after reh. B: add reh. C
1st Trombone. 15 meas. after reh. H: add reh. I (eye)
For more errata, see Kopetz article in The Instrumentalist
Program Notes
The great G Major Fantasia for organ was composed between 1703 and 1707 during Bach's residence in Arnstadt. It was here, at the beginning of his career, that his music was found to be too full of "wonderful variations and foreign tones"; and certainly the Fantasia is strikingly dissonant in its constant texture of suspensions. But the breadth of the five-part polyphonic writing and the richness of the harmonic sonority make the Fantasia one of the grandest of all Bach's compositions for organ. It is also one that lends itself most perfectly to the sound and sonorities of the modern wind band.
The transcription by Richard Franko Goldman and Robert L. Leist was undertaken as a memorial to Edwin Franko Goldman, who was the first bandmaster to include the works of Bach regularly in the band's concert repertoire, and who did so much to introduce the music of this great master to wide audiences. In this transcription an attempt is made to recapture the sound of the Baroque organ through the medium of the modern band. The first performance of this transcription was given by The Goldman Band, Richard Franko Goldman conducting, on July 1, 1957.
- Note by MusicExpert.com
Perusing the score of Bach's Fantasia in G Major may give the impression that this work has little technical challenge and will come together with ease. While this work can indeed be performed by community bands, honor bands, high school bands, and collegiate groups, ample rehearsal time must be allotted. For younger players, the primary challenge is to look beyond whole notes and half notes to find the expressive musical line in each part. Controlling the timbre and pitch of sustained harmonies will take concentration and muscular development. Fortunately, this piece translates very well to the wind band medium and would program appropriately in the middle portion of a concert set.
- Note from Great Music for Wind Bands
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Cleveland Symphonic Winds (Frederick Fennell, conductor)
- Audio CD: Marcus High School Wind Symphony (John Whitwell, conductor)
Audio Links
Sample download; ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
- Arkansas: Grade IV
- Florida: FBA Band Grade V
- Georgia: GA Band Grade V
- Iowa: IA HS MUSIC ASSOC BAND GRADE IV
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
- Louisiana: BAND 2011 GRADE III
- Louisiana: BAND 2011 GRADE V
- Massachusetts: GRADE IV
- Michigan: SENIOR HIGH CLASS AA
- Minnesota: MN HS LEAGUE BAND GRADE I
- Minnesota: Category 1
- North Carolina: Concert Band.Grade V
- New York: 20 05 CONCERT BAND LEVEL V
- Oklahoma: CONCERT BAND CLASS VA
- South Carolina: SC Band Grade V
- Tennessee: Grade IV
- Texas: Band Grade V.Complete
- Virginia: CONCERT BAND GRADE IV
Performances
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- Wayne (Neb.) State College Wind Ensemble (David Bohnert, conductor) - 17 November 2020
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Isaac McMahon, conductor) - 26 October 2020
- Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Symphonic Band (Sarah McKoin, conductor) – 19 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southwestern Division Conference, Norman, Okla.)
- University of Colorado Boulder Wind Symphony (Melinda Mason, conductor) – 6 February 2020
- Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) – 1 February 2020
- Milton (Ga.) High School Wind Ensemble (David Vandwalker, conductor) – 19 January 2020
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – December 15, 2019
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (Tim Parduen, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Jeffrey A. Spenner, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Symphony Band (Eric Allen, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) – 20 November 2019
- Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Corey Seapy, conductor) – 13 October 2019
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Symphonic Band (Jonathan Caldwell, conductor) – 3 October 2019
- Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Symphonic Band (Joe Pagan, conductor) – 23 September 2019
- Eastern Wind Symphony (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) (Todd Nichols, conductor)– 26 April 2019
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Matthew Sedatole, conductor; Connor Brubaker, organ) – 10 April 2019
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Eric Bush, conductor) – 8 April 2019
- Texas Woman's University (Denton) University Band (Carter Biggers, conductor) – 1 March 2019
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Anthony Messina, conductor) – 11 December 2018
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (John Stanley Ross, conductor) – 23 April 2018
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
- Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
- Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
- Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
- Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (?/2020)
- Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
All Wind Works
- 5 Preludes and Fugues (arr. Beyrent)
- Adagio (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagio (arr. Warner)
- Air (tr. Lang) (c. 1730/1958)
- Air for Woodwind Choir (arr. Blahnik)
- Arioso (arr. de Haan) (1729/2000)
- Arioso (arr. Hill) (1729/1984)
- Arioso (arr. Reed) (1729/1998)
- The Art of Fugue (tr. Amis) (c. 1745)
- Bach: Air (arr. McGinty) (c. 1730/)
- The Bach Buch (tr. Pann) (2011)
- Bach Fugue (arr. Kinyon)
- The Bach Initiative (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Folliard) (2019)
- Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
- Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Mitchell) (1921/2005)
- Bourrée (arr. Isaac) (1720/1969)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Marlatt) (1721/2011)
- Canzona, BWV 584
- Chaconne (arr. Ito) (1720/1987)
- Chaconne and Festive Aria (arr. Daehn)
- Chaconne in D Minor (arr. Daehn)
- Choral Prelude BWV 727 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa)
- Chorale and Fugue (arr. Warner)
- Chorale and Fugue in F Major (arr. Daehn) (1988)
- Chorale Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (tr. Damrosch; adapt. O'Toole)
- Chorale in C Minor (arr. Topolewski) (2012)
- Christ He Is My Life (arr. Cailliet) (1973)
- Christmas Pastorale (arr. Hastings) (1970)
- Come, Sweet Death (arr. Reed) (1736/1976)
- Come, Sweet Death (Flex instrumentation) (tr. Reed; arr. Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
- Contrapunctus I (arr. Barnes) (c. 1745/1988)
- Contrapunctus III (arr. King) (c. 1745/1955)
- Contrapunctus V (arr. Daehn) (c. 1745)
- Contrapunctus XIV (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Aho) (2018)
- Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr. Reed) (1990)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; tr. Topolewski) (1727?)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; arr. Nowlin) (1727?/2016)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (arr. Hunsberger) (1727?/1997)
- Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (arr. Horovitz) (c. 1838/1986)
- Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" (arr. Boyd) (c. 1838/1985)
- Fantasia in C (arr. Sterk) (1706/2017)
- Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Boyd) (1703-7/1957/1985)
- Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Goldman) (1703-7/1957/2012)
- Fervent is My Longing; Fugue in G Minor (tr. Cailliet) (c. 1710/1935/2006)
- Forget Me Not, O Lord (arr. Reed) (c. 1736/1985)
- French Suite No. 2 (arr. Shishikura) (1722/)
- Fugue à la Gigue (tr. Holst; ed. Brand) (1921/2008)
- Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
- Fugue à la Gigue (arr. Rondeau) (1921/2011)
- Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Costa) (1703-1707/)
- Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Daehn) (1722/1988)
- Fugue in E-flat Major (tr. Abrams and Jones) (1739/2019)
- Fugue in G Minor (arr. Kimura) (1703-1707/1993)
- Fugue in G Minor (arr. Rechtman) (1703-1707/)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- God Still Lives (arr. Reed)
- Hertzlich tut mich verlangen. See: Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Minor
- If Thou Be Near (arr. Moehlmann) (1725/1940)
- If Thou Be Near (arr. Reed) (1725/1984)
- In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Reed) (1970)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (tr. Cailliet) (1723/1962)
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (tr. Leidzen) (1723/1936)
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr. Moerenhout) (1723/2019)
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr. Reed) (1723)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski) (1723)
- Jig Fugue (arr. Marlatt) (2003)
- Komm, Susser Tod (arr. Leidzen) (1736/1936)
- A Little Bach Suite (arr. Gordon) (1966)
- Little Fugue (arr. Romm; adapt. Custer) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
- Little Fugue in G minor (arr. Howland) (c. 1705/1974/2015)
- Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. Parks)
- March (arr. Grainger) (1946)
- My Heart, Ever Faithful (arr. Barnes) (1988)
- My Heart is Filled With Longing (arr. Reed) (c. 1710/1986)
- My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Reed)
- Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. McAlister)
- Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (arr. Stert) (c. 1748/2013)
- O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (arr. Westover) (c. 1736/2017)
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Grainger; ed. Brand and Brion) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Our Father Who Art in Heaven (arr. Reed) (1710/1988)
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1703-1713?/ 1968/1975)
- Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Minor (tr. Stowkowski; ed. Sosnowchik) (1703-1713?/2014)
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Falcone) (ca. 1712/1969)
- Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (arr. Daehn) (1714/2011)
- Präludium und Fuge d-Moll (tr. Rechtman) (1722/2003)
- Prelude IV (arr. Reed) (1722/1983)
- Prelude and Fugue No. 6 BWV 535 (arr. Anthenien) (1722/1979)
- Prelude and Fugue in A-flat BWV 557 (tr. Moehlmann) (1964)
- Prelude and Fugue in Bb major (Brass Ensemble) (arr. Beyrent)
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (Brass Quintet) (arr. Beyrent)
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 553 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1955)
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 553 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (?/2020)
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor BWV 559 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1969)
- Prelude and Fugue in C major (arr. Beyrent)
- Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 532 (arr. Steinmetz) (1710/2018)
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 554 (arr. Beyrent) (1722/2001)
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 555 (arr. Coleman) (1852/2017)
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 554 (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1988)
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor (tr. Rechtman), see: Präludium und Fuge d-Moll
- Prelude and Fugue in E-flat BWV 552 (setting Hunsberger) (c. 1739/2009)
- Prelude and Fugue in F major (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/?)
- Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 555 (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1954)
- Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 535 (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1939)
- Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Godfrey) (1919)
- "Ricercare a 6" from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (tr. McAlister)
- Saint Anne's Fugue (arr. Rhoads) (1965)
- Sarabande (arr. Kennaway) (1972/1977/1995)
- Second Bach Suite for Band (tr. Tolmage) (1965)
- Sehet was die liebe tut (arr. Grainger) (1937)
- Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Reed) (1713/1981)
- Sinfonia from "Cantata No 29" (arr. Ninmer)
- Sixteen Chorales (ed. King) (1958)
- Sixteen Chorales (arr. Lake) (1938)
- Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Patterson) (1731/1995)
- Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Reed) (1731)
- Sleepers, Awake! (tr. Sparke) (1731/2002)
- Songs of Exaltation (arr. Gordon) (1974)
- St. Anne. See: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat
- Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Danyew) (1722/2020)
- Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus (arr. Reed)
- Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (arr. Rechtman) (c. 1717)
- Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
- Toccata & Fuge d-Moll (arr. Goldhammer) (1705/2011)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. Goldhammer). See: Toccata & Fuge d-Moll
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Goto) (1705/2014)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hindsley) (1705)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1705/1998)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Leidzen) (1705/1942)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr. Lopez) (1705/2010)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Nowlin) (1705/2015)
- Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564 (tr. Paynter) (c. 1717/2000)
- Toccata, Adagio and Fugue (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
- Violin Partita No. 3 in E major (arr. Kitakata) (1720/2018?)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. Lauf Jr.) (1731/2019)
- Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (arr. Croft) (1978)
- Wir Glauben All’ An Einen Gott (arr. Stokowski) (1739)
References
- Bach, J.; Goldman, R.; Leist, R. (1960). Fantasia in G Major [score]. Mercury Music: Bryn Mawr, Penn.
- Kopetz, Barry. (1993). "Bach's Fantasia in G: An Interpretive Analysis." The Instrumentalist 48, no. 1; pp. 25-34.
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 481-487.
- Nicholson, Chad. (2009). Great Music for Wind Band: A Guide to the Top 100 Works in Grades IV, V, VI. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications. pp 2-3.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 24.